"Few-hadron systems from QCD"
Dr. Raúl Briceño, Jefferson Lab / Old Dominion University, USA
The non-perturbative nature of quantum chromodynamics (QCD) has historically
left a gap in our understanding of the connection between the fundamental
theory of the strong interactions and the rich structure of experimentally
observed phenomena. For the simplest properties of stable hadrons, this is now
circumvented by using lattice QCD. In this talk I discuss a path that will
allow us to access a variety of previously unexplored sectors of QCD. As a
proof of principle, I will focus my attention to the isoscalar mesonic sector
of QCD. Carrying the quantum numbers of the vacuum, this is perhaps one the
most interesting channels in hadronic physics.